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Chp 16 viruses

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____ train your immune system without giving you an infection. They usually contain inactive virus, viral proteins, or viral mRNA

a)

vaccines

b)

antibiotics

c)

antivirals

d)

anticoagulants

2.

the most ____ viruses cause severe illness or death.

a)

dormant

b)

virulent

c)

attenuated

d)

non-virulent

3.

A ______ is an infectious protein that is abnormally folded and causes normal proteins to fold abnormally. It is found in cases of "Mad-Cow-Disease"

a)

Covid-19 virus

b)

HIV virus

c)

prion

d)

bacteriophage

4.

A ____ is the DNA of a bacteriophage that has inserted itself into the bacteria host DNA

a)

centromere

b)

plasmid

c)

polymerase

d)

prophage

5.

Which would you find in a virus?

a)

ribosomes

b)

capsid protein coat

c)

cellular membrane

d)

nucleus

6.

A _____ species can maintain a population of virus and act as a source for transmission to other hosts.

a)

non-compatible

b)

extinct

c)

prion

d)

resevoir

7.

____ is a retroviral enzyme responsible for converting RNA into DNA.

a)

reverse transcriptase

b)

amylase

c)

lactase

d)

peptidase

8.

bacteriophage following the ______ pathway, reproduce and burst from the host cell.

a)

lytic

b)

cyclic

c)

metabolic

d)

prophage

9.

A drug taken after infection and used to block a binding site of a virus to slow infection, is an example of (a/an)_____

a)

antiviral

b)

antibiotic

c)

anticoagulant

d)

vaccine

10.

a ____ refers to a gradual change of viral proteins due to small mutation but a vaccinated person's immune system can still recognize the virus.

a)

antigenic shift

b)

antigenic drift

c)

antigenic replication

d)

antigenic cloning